CAMP KICKOFF

Tonight was Camp Kickoff.  I have never been to one of these so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.  We were supposed to come up with a “jingle” and say it to introduce ourselves.  Let me just tell you, I totally missed the boat on this one.  When they told me to come up with a jingle I was thinking we would stand up, do a little 30 second thing to introduce the Swan Princesses and sit down.  Ohhhh NO!  Wards were getting up and doing complete songs and dances!  I felt really bad, because I didn’t know.  Ours was way too short, but I felt others were way too long.  This has made me really worried for what to expect at camp, what else am I supposed to just know!  Yikes.  Anyway, the shirts I designed turned out so cute.  So even though our “jingle” was a flop, we looked super cute doing it!

Camp banner

I am the ward camp director so I have been busy planning girls camp for the YW in our ward.  It has been really fun.  It is stake camp this year and the theme is “Happily Ever After.”  They picked it from the talk by Pres. Uchtdorf.  It was a great talk!  Part of my assignment was to pick a fairytale to represent our ward and the attribute the stake had given us.  Ours was Honesty.  The talk was all about princesses so I wanted us to be a fairytale with a princess.  I chose to be the Swan Princesses.  It is the story of the Ugly Duckling with a twist.  Once the Ugly duckling realized she wasn’t a duck at all, once she was honest with herself about who she really was, her true self shined through and she discovered she was a Swan Princess.  I am so excited about our theme.  We made this banner to hang up at our campsite, I designed it and I think it turned out AWESOME!

piano recital

Max had a summer piano recital tonight.  Everyone played patriotic songs.  He played "Hail to the Chief" and "Anchors Aweigh".  He did a great job!.  I know I have said it before but he really has a natural talent for the piano.  I hope he keeps with it.

flashback

This is one of those déjà vu moments.  I saw Hunter wearing this and it reminded me of Max when he was younger doing the same thing.  Max was 10 months.  Hunter is 20 months.

too cool

We drove home today from our trip.  I think Hunter wants to go back to the beach!

aquarium and waterpark

Today we went back to Legoland.  We spent the morning in the aquarium and the afternoon in the waterpark. 

The waterpark would have been more fun if I wasn’t freezing.  If you stayed in the water it was fine, but to get out and stand in line it was way toooo cold.  The kids didn’t seem to mind, but I finally just wrapped Hunter and I in a towel and watched everyone else swim.

San Diego beach

Today we spent the day at the beach.  We drove to the Navy Base and played on their beach.  It was great.  Hardly anyone was there and they had bathrooms and showers really close.  The kids loved playing in the sand.  The birds were a little annoying and very brave.  They stole a whole bag of our chips and ripped a hole in it so they could eat them. 

We built sandcastles, buried each other in the sand and looked for shells.  It was just a fun lazy day at the beach. 

That night we found a little Mexican restaurant to go to.  It was soooooo yummy!